Table 3.
Patients' Needs, Awareness and Receipt of Programs' HCV Education Services: Non-Injectors and Injectors
|
Non-Injectors (N = 121) |
Injectors (N = 159) |
All Patients (N = 280) |
|
| Needed HCV education when entered treatment (scale from 1 to 10) (mean, s.d.) | 5.4 (3.5) | 6.0 (3.5) | 5.7 (3.5) |
| Received HCV education in a group formata (%) | 38.7 | 29.6 | 33.6 |
| - Aware that HCV education is available in group sessions (%) | 62.3 | 54.1 | 57.7 |
| - Of those aware of its availability, received HCV education in a group format (%) | 62.1 | 54.8 | 58.3 |
| Received HCV education in 1:1 sessions with staff (%) | 26.4 | 33.3 | 30.4 |
| - Aware that HCV education is available in 1:1 sessions (%) | 47.1 | 52.8 | 50.4 |
| - Of those aware of its availability, received HCV education in 1:1 sessions (%) | 56.1 | 63.1 | 60.3 |
| Received HCV information at the program through pamphlets/bookletsb (%) | 34.6 | 41.1 | 37.9 |
| - Aware that HCV information is available at the program in pamphlets/books (%)* | 44.9 | 61.6 | 53.4 |
| - Of those aware of its availability, received HCV information in pamphlets/books (%) | 77.1 | 66.7 | 70.9 |
| Received HCV education in some other way (e.g., videos) (%) | 14.9 | 12.6 | 13.6 |
| Received at least one form of HCV education at the program (%) | 62.0 | 57.9 | 59.6 |
| Unaware of availability of any HCV education resources at the program (%) | 22.3 | 22.6 | 22.5 |
aOf the 241 patients in the 6 MMTPs and 6 drug-free treatment programs at which HCV education in a group format was offered
bOf the 219 patients in the 6 MMTPs and 5 drug-free treatment programs at which HCV education through pamphlets/books was offered
* p < .05